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Insights with NetSupport – Bett 2024 edition: Digital literacy and A.I., with Byron King

Welcome to this special Bett 2024 episode of 'Insights with NetSupport'!

In this interview, Byron King, Deputy Head Teacher at Surbiton High Boys’ Preparatory School, talks to NetSupport’s Head of Education, Mark Anderson, about digital literacy and the effects of A.I. on education.

0:00 Introduction
0:54 How did you come to be in the role you are today?
1:53 AI: is it all it's cracked up to be?
3:19 How can we ensure students use AI safely?
5:04 Digital literacy and AI
7:36 Is literacy or oracy more important for prompt drafting?
11:06 Equity of access
12:25 Wrap-up

Connect with Byron

X: @kingcantsing

LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/byronkingjhb

Substack: https://byronking.substack.com/

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Welcome to this special Bett 2024 episode of 'Insights with NetSupport'!

In this interview, Daren White, Academic Technologies Lead at Academies Enterprise Trust, talks to NetSupport’s Head of Education, Mark Anderson, about CPD, teacher confidence and competence with technology, and ways that A.I. can make things more efficient for schools.

00:00 – Introduction 
02:09 – Teacher confidence and competence with tech
05:04 – The disconnect between working with students and working with colleagues
07:24 – Daren talks about where he goes for his CPD
09:34 – Efficient ways to use A.I.
12:44 – Wrap up

Connect with Daren
X: @ranga_edu
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darenwhite/ 
 
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Welcome to this special Bett 2024 episode of 'Insights with NetSupport'! 

In this interview, Paddy McGrath, Head of Education Strategy (EMEA) at Texthelp talks to NetSupport’s Head of Education, Mark Anderson, about how accessibility technology can help elevate learning for the students who need it - and the importance of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). 

 
00:00 – Introduction  

00:40 – Accessibility: essential for some, useful for all 

02:29 – Human flourishing, accessibility and inclusion 

04:37 – UDL and how it provides equity of access 

08:11 – Resources to learn more about UDL 

10:41 – Round-up 

Connect with Paddy 

X: @TH_PatrickM 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pmcgrathedu  

 
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Welcome to this special Bett 2024 episode of 'Insights with NetSupport'!

In this conversation, live from the Bett show floor, NetSupport’s Head of Education, Mark Anderson, sits down with Alice Keeler, one of the world's biggest EdTech influencers, to talk about global EdTech trends!

00:00 - Introduction
02:19 - AI: benefits and drawbacks
03:41 - Teacher burnout and spending more time with students
05:07 - How Alice organises her time
06:38 - Strategies people can adopt to become confident with edtech tools
08:56 - Pedagogy and edtech
12:27 - Alice talks about her book that reveals 50 ways to engage students
13:19 - Social details and round-up

If you're interested in learning more from Alice, check out her blog at https://alicekeeler.com/ – and be sure to grab a copy of her new book that’s out soon!

Connect with Alice
• X: @alicekeeler
• Instagram: @alicekeeler
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicekeeler/

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Welcome to another episode of Insights with NetSupport! 

The Insights series aims to provide an interesting and relevant topic, and a special guest who can shine some expert knowledge onto the subject so we can all learn something new!

In this episode, we were delighted to welcome the Managing Director of ClickView UK, Michael Wilkinson.

With a career in education and EdTech spanning many decades, starting with work in Community Learning Centres (CLCs) exploring effective technology use to support and enhance teaching and learning, entrepreneurial work creating his own EdTech company, and subsequent roles working with EdTech companies, Michael has an enviable amount of knowledge and insight into the education and EdTech space.

In this episode, we explored the many ways video can be used in education with a specific focus on areas such as:

·         safeguarding young people when using video

·         ways in which subtitles can improve literacy

·         research into effective approaches with the use of video...

…among many others. 

Video is a media which is continues to engage young people and, in our conversation, we dig deep into how teachers can use it effectively whilst helping reduce workload, time spent finding the right video, plus how this can be done safely. 

We are also proud to share that ClickView is now a connector in our multi-award-winning classroom management and safeguarding tool, classroom.cloud.

To connect with Michael, you can find him on LinkedIn and on Twitter.

Learn more about ClickView here and on social media via the ClickView Twitter account.

In each episode, we aim to bring you an interesting guest who shares their wealth of expertise, knowledge and insights around a relevant topic. 

Our aim is simple: to inspire and equip you with new insights that will empower your teaching and learning or leadership activities. So, get ready to dive into this episode’s conversation, exploring exciting topics such as school leadership, learning, the importance of parental engagement and the impact it can have on progress.

In this episode, we are delighted to be joined by Co-CEO and founder of the Teacher Development Trust, and former Physics/Maths teacher, David Weston. 

With 10 years at the chalkface and having been running the Teacher Development Trust exploring exactly what effective teacher CPD looks like for more than 11 years, David’s insights are helpful for any teacher or school leader looking to know exactly what effective CPD looks like.

Recognised as a world expert in effective CPD, David unpicks the history of CPD across the educational landscape, what the research says, what the future holds and the ways in which AI can help with teacher CPD and coaching, along with a bunch of resources too - it’s an episode you’ll be sure to not want to miss!

You can find David on Twitter @informed_edu and more about his work on his website https://informededucation.com. 

If you want more information on the Teacher Development Trust and their work, you can access their site at https://tdtrust.org and you can follow them on social media @TeacherDevTrust.  

In this Insights with NetSupport recording we are joined by Keren Mitchell, who is the Founder of SuperKind (www.superkind.org).

In this episode we explore with Keren importance of social action and philanthropy in education.

Questions:

1. Should schools be integrating social action and philanthropy into the curriculum and classrooms?
2. How would they go about implementing this/what are your top tips?
3. Can parents get involved?

Dean Shareski, an Educational Consultant for Advanced Learning Partnerships, joined Al Kingsley on NetSupport Radio to discuss everything from an overview of education in Canada, the state of remote learning, the overall challenge of new teachers and leadership, along with some thoughts on the efforts around student well-being and workplace wellness.

Questions included:

1. Can you give me an overview of school governance in Canada?
2. Can you also explain how it differs from the U.S. and perhaps the U.K?
3. How do you think we are doing from a leadership perspective in the schools following the pandemic?
4. Have you seen shifts in school administration and how governing bodies interact with schools?
5. What are those challenges (new teachers and leadership face with respect to well-being and workplace wellness) and do you think they differ in our respective countries?
6. What excites you most about some new trends we are seeing in schools?
7. I am particularly interested in relevance in education and getting students onto career pathways where they can, rather quickly, have a trade or a career path that can earn a decent wage. What are your feelings about this? Are we doing enough?

 Website: http://ideasandthoughts.org/

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Welcome to another episode of Insights with NetSupport!  

The Insights series aims to provide an interesting and relevant topic and a special guest who  can shine some expert knowledge onto the subject, so we can all learn something new! 

In this episode of Insights, we were delighted to welcome Deputy CEO of the Areté Trust, Jon Tait to the show.  

With a career in education spanning many years, with teaching, middle and senior leadership responsibilities, Jon has also authored several helpful books for educators. Always jam-packed full of top tips (and that’s just his books) we knew a conversation with him would bring plenty of expert insights!

In this episode, we explored productivity for school leaders and how technology can help in lots of different ways. Jon responded to the following questions we asked: 

•  You’ve had experience of using both Microsoft and Google tools in your everyday leadership work. Could you talk a bit about that and your approaches? 
• What do you see as being the big differences between the two ecosystems and what benefits do you think each of them might bring? 
• Can you give share some insights on how technology can help you be an effective leader?  
• Do any of these approaches help you beyond the office? 
• Can you share how some of your productivity tips can help students (and their parents) support more successful study?  

 As you might expect, there are lots of great nuggets of advice with the tools and approaches Jon shares.  

You can also watch back the episode on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/DYBZf4fQMTg

In this episode of Insights with NetSupport, we are joined by the fantastic Adam Mendler, CEO of Veloz Group and Host of the Podcast - Thirty Minute Mentors. 

Adam draws upon his insights on building and leading businesses and interviewing hundreds of America's top leaders as a keynote speaker to businesses, universities, and non-profit organizations. Adam has written extensively on leadership and related topics, having authored more than 70 articles published in major media outlets including Forbes, Inc., and HuffPost. 

Hear Adam's answers to the following questions we asked on NetSupport Radio:

-Tell me about your podcast and the amazing list of people you’ve interviewed over the years. 
-How did the idea for podcast come about? 
-Tell me some of the best insights you’ve gleaned from your guests? Has anything surprised you? 
-In dealing with young people today, are there any specific leadership skills that you feel can be taught in K-12 schools? 
-How does that differ from elementary-age students to high school students?
-Talk with me about mentorship. This is especially interesting to me from the perspective of students getting skills-based training, coming out of their high school career with skills beyond the core subject areas.

To hear more Adam visit and follow him on:

https://www.adammendler.com/
Twitter: @adammendler
https://www.adammendler.com/podcast

In this episode of Insights with NetSupport, we welcome Jack Roehrig (@sirjackery), Tenured GRC CSO+, International Privacy Expert, and UPTYCS Evangelist, to speak about everything 'Data Protection'.

Hear Jack's answers to the following questions:

-For our audience, can you provide a quick overview of your background in data security and why you’re passionate about it?
-In the US you have FERPA/COPPA… what impact do these regulations have on schools/edtech vendors? Do you think they do enough?
-What would be your top tips for vendors working in the education sector?
- Looking to the future, would you say the US is going to follow in the footsteps of Europe and go further with its data privacy laws?